Durst Organization

News about Durst Organization, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Sep. 27, 2014

Durst family, who helped revitalize Times Square, is planning vast residential development in Astoria, Queens, a sign of New York City's seemingly insatiable demand for luxury housing; $1.5 billion plan calls for a set of seven apartment buildings with more than 2,000 apartments, 20 percent reserved for poor and working-class tenants, an esplanade, a school and a supermarket where industrial buildings now stand. MORE

Mar. 29, 2014

David Velazquez resigns his position as assistant security director for the Durst Organization, real estate firm in charge of 1 World Trade Center, amid a flurry of security breaches at the site. MORE

Aug. 7, 2013

Durst Organization is cultivating bees as part of environmental program atop company's 51-story-tower at 42nd Street and Sixth Avenue in Manhattan, home to corporate and investment businesses of Bank of America as well as Durst's offices; beekeeping is increasing in popularity on New York City rooftops. MORE

Oct. 10, 2012

Durst Organization, owners of the Bank of America Tower in Midtown Manhattan, are accusing Consolidated Edison of trying to overcharge for the sophisticated power plant in the building by more than $85,000 and have asked regulators to intervene; environmentally advanced structure uses a heat recovery steam generator as a backup system, which Con Edison has decided is no longer eligible for a discount rate for in-building power systems. MORE